VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION

UNCLAS MADRID 001831 SIPDIS VISAS VIPER DEPT FOR CA/VO/L/C AND INR/IC/TIPOFF E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: CVIS KVPR PTER ASEC CMGT PINR PREL MOTO NSA, SEVERO) SUBJECT: VISAS VIPER SUBMISSION ¶1. POST WISHES TO SUBMIT AND/OR UPDATE THE FOLLOWING NAME AND INFORMATION IN CLASS IN ACCORDANCE WITH VIPER PROCEDURES: ¶2. NAME: MOTO NSA, SEVERO - GENDER: MALE - DPOB: NOV. 6, 1943, ACOCK, EQUATORIAL GUINEA - POSITIVE ¶3. DAILY SPANISH PRESS "EL PAIS" REPORTED THAT THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT IS LOOKING INTO WHETHER TO CONVENE A INTER-MINISTERIAL COMMISSION ON ASYLUM AND POLITICAL REFUGEES TO INVESTIGATE AND REVISE THE REFUGEE STATUS OF THE EXILED LEADER OF THE "PARTIDO DEL PROGRESO DE GUINEA ECUATORIAL", SEVERO MOTO NSA, AFTER HE MADE A TRIP ON MARCH 19, 2005 TO CROATIA, WHERE HE REPORTEDLY MET WITH ANTE JERCIC, A WELL-KNOWN ARMS MAKER AND DEALER. MOTO MADE SEVERAL DECLARATIONS TO CROATIAN PRESS MEDIA THAT THE SPANISH SECRET SERVICE WAS BEHIND "A PLOT TO LIQUIDATE HIM". THE SPANISH GOVERNMENT IS AT PRESENT WAITING FOR A CROATIAN GOVERNMENT REPORT ON MOTO'S ACTIVITIES IN ZAGREB. SEVERO MOTO WAS GRANTED POLITICAL REFUGEE STATUS IN SPAIN IN 1986. SINCE THEN HE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF BEING BEHIND SEVERAL COUP D'ETATS AGAINST PRESENT EQUATORIAL GUINEAN DICTATOR TEODORO OBIANG, WHO HAS BEEN FREQUENTLY ACCUSED OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. MANZANARES